AS + NT

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Hi everyone, sorry this post may seem rather lame to many, but I had a thought.

What if we could take the "positive" aspects of aspergers syndrome/autism, like memory, concentration and forms of "mastery" like savant syndrome suggests. And we combined all these aspects into a normal person, someone who can socialise well, maybe even have an obsession in understanding deeper levels of socialising, and they could live completely normal in life, yet still possess this other "powerful" autistic like half.

Do you think this could be possible? and do you think this would be amazing/cool?

I thought someone like this would be amazing and very useful, because they would have so much chance for success in life, and become so famous. And they could explain to people how they think, and maybe even teach the world about how their mind works and how people like us think in such an effective and revolutionising way.

(Sorry I'm new, forgive my lack of knowledge if I sound stupid)

Now that would be good! Unfortunately i have never met or even heared of such a person so i doubt if there are people like that in real life.

that would be very intresting and also very hard for the person involved.

as i have said before i am a borderline aspie so from my perspective i can see some of the NT things and i can see some of the aspie things, so this must help me in some way!

If someone had been able to be both aspie and NT it would lead to a very confused, although very achiveing person.

jammie

I dont think so. I think the very things that give us our benefits are side effects or creative uses of the negatives. Actually, I think its the other way around! The negatives are side effects(big ones) of the benefits!

Possible, but unlikely?

I first noticed this in a very different area, but it seems to apply to many others.

Reading about military leaders, firstly of WW2, I noted how few of the great generals were also "reasonable balanced people." So, a counter-hypothesis for you:

The properties and abilities required to make an individual "cuttting edge" in any field or endeavour often come at the expense of a broad nature which might be described as "normal".

(That very driven-ness and focus can itself be alienating!)

A mate I used to work with had an almost perfect memory and was great at socialising. There's nothing saying "NTs" can't have savant skills. It's just more frequent that people with Autism, which carries a predeliction for bad social skills, have those skills. By no means is it mandatory.